What were they smoking?
A Texas Clear Channel radio station agreed to host a show on marijuana decriminalization. It's never made it on the air.
Monday, Nov 26, 2001 4:25 PM UTCEntertainment
Daniel Forbes
Entertainment
Reading, writing and propaganda
American school kids are being subjected to "news" programs that contain covert government-sponsored anti-drug messages.
Wednesday, Aug 8, 2001 7:28 PM UTCNews
The quiet death of prime-time propaganda
With no fanfare, the White House drug office pulls the plug on its controversial program to pay TV networks for putting anti-drug messages in popular shows.
Saturday, Jun 30, 2001 2:49 PM UTCNews
Closing in
At the crack house where I expect to find the abused toddler, I manage to get a foot in the door, but she's nowhere to be seen. Second of two parts.
Thursday, Jun 28, 2001 7:22 PM UTCLife Sexual abuse, Sex Work
Searching for Rochelle
I was the caseworker assigned to hunt for a sexually abused 2-year-old in the wilds of New York. First of two parts.
Wednesday, Jun 27, 2001 7:32 PM UTCLife Sexual abuse
Let them eat chemo
Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement?
Tuesday, May 15, 2001 8:00 AM UTCNews Supreme Court
Bush’s new drug czar?
John Walters, a hard-line drug warrior, is the leading candidate to replace Barry McCaffrey. Advocates say he's a throwback to the bad old days of Bill Bennett.
Saturday, Apr 21, 2001 2:21 AM UTCPolitics
Ashcroft’s nephew got probation after major pot bust
Although his arrest for growing 60 plants could have landed him in federal prison, Alex Ashcroft was tried in state court and avoided jail, despite his uncle's crusade for tougher federal drug laws and mandatory prison sentences.
Saturday, Jan 13, 2001 12:26 AM UTCPolitics George W. Bush
New Mexico thumbs its nose at the war on drugs
A panel convened by Gov. Gary Johnson calls for the decriminalization of marijuana and a shift in focus from penal measures to treatment for drug offenders.
Friday, Jan 5, 2001 9:40 PM UTCPolitics
Fighting “Cheech & Chong” medicine
Did the White House drug office go too far in trying to stop the spread of medical marijuana initiatives?
Thursday, Jul 27, 2000 7:01 PM UTCNews
Gulf War crimes?
In his latest exposi, the New Yorker's Seymour Hersh reports allegations that the military committed a massacre against Iraqi soldiers and whitewashed it.
Monday, May 15, 2000 9:00 AM UTCNews Iraq, Middle East
The drug war gravy train
How the White House rewarded U.S. News, Seventeen and other magazines for publishing anti-drug articles.
Friday, Mar 31, 2000 5:00 PM UTCNews Drugs, Advertising
Propaganda for dollars
When the White House and the TV networks got together to put anti-drug messages in prime-time television, were they breaking the law?
Friday, Jan 14, 2000 5:00 PM UTCNews Drugs, NBC, ABC, CBS
Prime-time propaganda
How the White House secretly hooked network TV on its anti-drug message: A Salon special report.
Thursday, Jan 13, 2000 5:00 PM UTCNews Drugs, ABC, CBS, NBC, Newt Gingrich
Washington script doctors
How the government rewrote an episode of the WB's "Smart Guy."
Thursday, Jan 13, 2000 5:00 PM UTCNews Drugs
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